Comments on: Marijuana Trumps Blackberries for Productivity… and Amazon Challenge

By: Faire plusieurs choses à la fois est pire que fumer de la marijuana

Faire plusieurs choses à la fois est pire que fumer de la marijuana — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:42:08 +0000

[...] comparant les effets du multitâche et la marijuana est apparu sur le blog de Tim Ferriss sous son étiquette productivité personnelle. Il cite le résultat d’une étude (pour le [...]

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By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:06:11 +0000

Well no duh the stoned group did better. Being stoned is just a state and not something you have to make a deliberate effort to do or be. With a blackberry you have a habit of making the effort to answer it. When you’re stoned, you’re stoned. You don’t think about making the decision to be stoned or that you try to be stoned, you just are stoned and think about things with a slightly altered mind.

If someone listed me a series of numbers and asked me to repeat as many as I could, no doubt I would probably remember more when I was drunk or high then I was crafting words to say in an email and then transferring those words through a small blackberry keyboard that requires more attention to use correctly. The difference is your not trying to concentrate on something else when you’re high/drunk.

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By: ephi

ephi — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 11:19:42 +0000

Also fail to indicate that the book I bought is actually the English version. Not the (possibly) upcoming Indonesian version that you mentioned here. BTW, I never heard of any Indonesian publisher with that name before.

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By: ephi

ephi — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 11:07:08 +0000

Hi Tim!

Got your book on December 2007 from the local imported book shop in Indonesia. I couldn’t get through chapter three, though, the awful smell coming from the book is disturbing me. I don’t know if this is a problem with the others as well. Please let the publisher know and use another printer next time. It’s a hassle for me to return the book since the book shop doesn’t have another copy and sending back to the US will cost a great deal.

Great book so far!

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By: Depression, Web 2.0, Social Networking and Making Money Online « Hone Watson Bookmarks

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:02:35 +0000

[...] advocates a low tech diet. Tim also advocates firewalling your attention span after revealing that marijuana can lead to better productivity than a [...]

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By: Marijuana Rules over Blackberry | Cube Rules

Marijuana Rules over Blackberry | Cube Rules — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:16:36 +0000

[...] Four Hour Work Week blog (and also a book on an unrelated subject) offers up the reality: Smoking marijuana is more productive than being addicted to your Blackberry. Single Tasking is [...]

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By: Sharon Stein McNamara

Sharon Stein McNamara — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 17:49:20 +0000

Dear Tim: I just finished your whole book and I am impressed. I work in a service job (as a psychologist) and I now realize that I will never make the kind of money I want to make unless I create a product. I could write a book, design a T-shirt, or sell some kind of biofeedback tool, but your book was a shift in consciousness for me. I do contain my service work to only three days a week of direct client time. (I believe that alone is what keeps me sane in an insane job). Do you have any advice for the new entrepreneur who is moving from service to product based work? Also, I was curious because you give hints in your book but then never tell the full story of your own biography... Did you ever finish your thesis at Princeton? Do you do coaching on marketing? I would be interested. Thanks for your contribution. --Sharon, Mother, psychologist, entrepreneur

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By: Jim (PFT/SCT)

Jim (PFT/SCT) — Tue, 08 May 2007 22:30:06 +0000

As a counterpoint to the referenced study, do a Google search on “continuous partial attention”. This seems to be a new skill which many attempt, but only some do well.

I’ve been on conference calls with co-workers and customer employees at the same time as having an out-of-band chat online (eg, IM, IRC) with these same co-workers (excluding the customer) so as to better prepare a response to the customer. I’m sure some of you have done this yourselves. But my manager has surprised me on multiple occasions where he can seemingly converse on the call with flawless composure and awareness, at the same time as carrying on a text-based discussion with us in a chat room. I can type pretty quickly, but my attention tends to shift either to what I’m typing/reading or to what I’m saying/hearing. (For those of you who suffer from PHBs, I understand your frustration, but regrettably I won’t be sending my manager to take over your department. ;-) )

So yeah… continuous partial attention. Check it out.

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By: I am simple » Marijuana Trumps Blackberries for Productivity

I am simple » Marijuana Trumps Blackberries for Productivity — Tue, 08 May 2007 22:21:14 +0000

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By: Richard Lanoue

Richard Lanoue — Tue, 08 May 2007 18:23:23 +0000

I bought the book at B&N brick and mortar store. I picked it up, read the introduction and immediately headed to the cash register. Devourd the book in 1 sitting. AM now going thrugh the book and implementing the inital steps like getting a Passport and Clear card.

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